Smith v. Auditor General

Petitioners are the owners of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 9, township 47 north, of range 26 west, in the county of Marquette. The taxes on said land not having been paid for the years 1896 and 1897, the auditor general included them in his petition in 1900, and they were sold in May of that year, and bought by the State. April 2, 1903, they were deeded by the State to respondent Heinemann. August 6, 1903, the petitioners filed this petition, praying that the decree made in 1900 for the sale of these lands be set aside. From a decree dismissing their petition,…